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The Hawai‘i Homeless Outreach & Medical Education (H.O.M.E.) Project held its 6th annual food & wine tasting fundraiser this past weekend. The 2014 event was named, “Ho`o¯la me ke kahiau”, or “Healing with compassion through selfless giving.” UH Med Student Amanda Shell reports on the John A. Burns School of Medicine program now in its […]

By Richard Kasuya, MD Associate Dean for Medical Education Alumni from both near and far returned to the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) for an informative and fun morning of continuing medical education at the 2014 JABSOM Alumni CME Conference. The conference was entitled, “Specialty Updates for the Non-Specialist“, and was coordinated by […]

Residents (MDs training in specialties at the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) in partnership with Hawai`i medical centers) have a special shout-out for the MD students who have just joined the University of Hawai`i medical school. See the video directly on Vimeo at RESIDENTS.

Native Hawaiian faculty from various parts of the University of Hawai`i joined their voices in a special oli, or chant, to salute Dr. Kekuni Blaisdell, as he was presented an Honorary Doctorate Degree from the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa. Our video report (watch it directly above, or CLICK HERE), is edited and narrated by […]

John A. Burns School of Medicine’s graduating fourth-year Native Hawaiian students Akolea Ioane, Sara Ku`ulei Miles, and Kenneth Ortiz were celebrated at the Kīhei Ceremony, in honor of their journeys through medicine. Click to see our photographs embedded above without Flashplayer at UH Med Flickr. The Kīhei Ceremony is a JABSOM tradition for graduating Native […]

John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM) second-year medical student Brandyn Dunn was presented with 2014 Excellence in Public Health Award at the Fourth Annual Distinguished Lecture and Induction Ceremony at the University of Hawai`i at Mānoa (UHM). The award was created by the the United States Public Health Service (USPHS) to inspire medical students […]